Directed by:
Kenneth GlenaanScreenplay:
Simon BeaufoyCinematography:
Tony Slater LingComposer:
Stephen McKeonCast:
Archie Panjabi, Seamus O'Neill, Gary Lewis, Kate Gartside, Badi Uzzaman, Jamie Lomas, David Crellin, Sean CernowPlots(1)
Having rebelled against her Pakistani upbringing as a teenager, sparky, confident Yasmin (Archie Panjabi) has grown adept at juggling her Westernised working and social life with her more traditional culture at home. But after the attacks of 9/11 she finds herself ostracised at work, and increasingly subject to overt Islamphobia. When her husband is snatched by the police and held without charge, she finds herself forced to re-evaluate her faith, her culture and her relationships. The harsh realities of prejudice and discrimination in a climate of poverty and fear are never trivialised, but are treated with a refreshing degree of humour, irony and understatement. (Independent Cinema Office)
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Archie Panjabi
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Kate Gartside
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Jamie Lomas
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David Crellin
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Sean Cernow
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